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STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

W. H. TUPPER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POUNCING- HAT-BODIES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,182, dated November 15, 1859i.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, W. H. Turrini, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful `Apparatus or Device for PouncingHat-Bodies, and I do` hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figurel, is a vertical section of my invention, taken in the line m, Fig. 2.Fig. 2, a side View of the same. Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken inthe line y, y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

'lo enable those skilled in the art to fully understand, use andconstruct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a framing constructed or arranged in any proper way tosupport a shaft or mandrel B, on one of which a cone C, of wood or othersuitable material is placed.

D, is a framing which supports a shaft or mandrel E, having on one end ahollow conel F. The apex or smaller end of the hollow cone F, isattached to the shaft or mandrel E, but the base or larger end of thecone C, is attached to its shaft or mandrel B, see Fig. 3.

The interior of the hollow cone F, and the solid cone C, are about equalin capacity, so

. that a hat-body that may be fitted on cone C, may be received withinthe hollow cone F, see more particularly Fig. 3, in which a hat-body G,is shown in red.

H, is a tube the orifice of which is in line with the apex or inner endof the interior of the hollow cone. This tube H, communicates with a fanbox or any wind generating device. The orifice vof tube H, is at somedistance from the outer end of the hollow cone F, as shown plainly inFig. l.

The operation is as follows The cones C, F, are made to rotate at highvelocity, about 1200 revolutions per minute. The body G, is placed onthe cone C, and the attendant or operator then presses sand paper on thebody which rotates with the cone C, the outer side of the body beingsmoothed and perfectly dressed thereby. The body G, is then placedwithin the cone F, and is retained therein by the blast from tube H, the

operator pressing sand paper against the inner surface of the body. Theblast from tube H, also removes dust, fibers, etc., from within the bodyG, in cone F, as said body is being operated on at its inner side. Thetube H, may also be applied to cone C, for the same purpose as appliedto cone F.

The axes of the cones may be in any position, but probably a horizontalposition would be preferable.

What Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment Aof an air blast to cleanse -and hold the body G, withinthe hollow cone F, while the said body is being rotated and pounced asherein shown and described.

W. H. TUPPER.

Witnesses lVM. TUscH, WV. HUGHES.

